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A shoveling implement includes an elongate handle which may be pivotally attached to a shovelhead having at least two blade faces. The shovelhead may be configured so that the blade faces always remain at a fixed angle to the ground, or may be designed as a combination scoop and pusher shovel, with

A shoveling implement includes an elongate handle which may be pivotally attached to a shovelhead having at least two blade faces. The shovelhead may be configured so that the blade faces always remain at a fixed angle to the ground, or may be designed as a combination scoop and pusher shovel, with either blade being utilized by rotating the handle 180 degrees.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A hand shovel, comprising: an elongate shaft; anda shovelhead having two fixed, non-adjustable, separate, concave blade faces which both face away from the elongate shaft and each other, each separate concave blade face having its own individual free top edge, and both separate concave blade face

1. A hand shovel, comprising: an elongate shaft; anda shovelhead having two fixed, non-adjustable, separate, concave blade faces which both face away from the elongate shaft and each other, each separate concave blade face having its own individual free top edge, and both separate concave blade faces being connected to each other by and sharing a single, straight, continuous, non-interrupted common bottom edge, the two individual free top edges and the bottom edge all being parallel with each other and horizontal with the ground surface when the shovel is used to push snow or other material across the ground, one of the separate concave blade faces always directly facing the ground when the shovel is used to push snow or other material across the ground, the shared, single common bottom edge being positioned at a point beyond the distal, lower end of the elongate shaft. 2. The shovel of claim 1, wherein the shovelhead includes side walls which extend continuously from both ends of the shared common bottom edge all the way to the top free edges of each separate concave blade face.